Jacquelyn Smith > Jacquelyn 's Quotes

“That's why I want you there, he said. You're unpredictable, and that can be the difference between success and failure. Most people make decisions in anger, fear, love, or obligation. You make decisions to irritate people.”
― Kim Harrison, For a Few Demons More

“Hey, ah, does anyone want a cookie or something? Oh yeah. A cookie. That would make everything better. Dunked in a shot of tequila , maybe? Or better yet, just the bottle? Yeah, that ought to do it.”
― Kim Harrison, Every Which Way But Dead

“Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we're here we may as well dance.”
― Jeanne C. Stein, Blood Drive

“Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.”
― Christine Feehan, Night Game

“Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.”
― Terry McMillan , Disappearing Acts

“There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because they're good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesn't mean you'll be together forever. It doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. It just mean you love them. Sometimes in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are. And you know that they love you, sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Incubus Dreams

“Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”
― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed

“Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”
― P.C. Cast, Betrayed

“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
― Francesco Petrarca

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”
― Charles Eames

“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
― Edith Wharton

“It's a strange courage
you give me ancient star:
Shine alone in the sunrise
toward which you lend no part!”
― William Carlos Williams

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest

“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
― Eleanor Hodgman Porter

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
― Clare Boothe Luce

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.”
― Henry Murger

“Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.”
― Maya Angelou

“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
― Sue Grafton

“The tears of those who cry for others shine more than the diamonds.”
― Rangeya Raghav

“It is good people who make good places.”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong